Friday, August 23, 2013

Who is a real yogi ?

When
ego of an individual is totally eliminated and the individual works in the
world only fulfillment his or her obligatory duties for the prosperity of all,
such a person reaches the highest and the noblest state and is known as a yogi. This individual works neither for the sake of
wages nor for the success of any ideal but performs duties with selfless
attitude.

Fulfillment
lies in the completion of one’s duties to the best of one’s ability. A yogi
makes no claim to right; the focus is rather on duties and is unconcerned about
any fruit of labor or duties he/she performed. A person of achievement is not
motivated by the desires; means there are no desires at all motivating one’s
actions. Such individual are attuned to the supreme reality and are forever in
a state of total fulfillment. None of their actions can bring them any further
satisfaction or joy. Still they perform their duties with a sense of total
indifference towards the fruit of their actions.

An
action performed without an ego and is without having a desire of fruit is a
noble action. Persons of achievement; yogi’s of India did lot of such a noble
work and they discover true form of religion. They discover theory as well as
practical part of religion; philosophy and ritual part. Our scriptures,
Vedanta, upnishads all are achievements by the persons of achievement. A yogi
is an example of philosophical values and virtues.